Improvement in whip-sockets



H. FOWLER.

Whip-Socket.

N0. 167,518, Patented Sept. 7,1875.

HERBERT E. FOWLER, OF NEW'HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHlP-SOCKETS.'

Specification forming part of LettersPat'ent No. 167,518, datedSeptember 7, 1875; application filed March 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. FOWLER, ot New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Whip-Socket; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, perspective View; Fig. 2, top View.

This invention relates to an improvement in the attachment to carriagesfor holding the whip, commonly called whip-socket, and the inventionconsists in a metal body formed with an arm by which to secure it to thecarriage, with a cup-shaped end for the butt of the whip, and also witha fixed jaw at the upper end, combined with a hinged jaw, so that thewhip, when pressed laterally between the jaws, will open the hinged jawand pass within the grasp of the jaws, and there held by the hinged jaw,a spring being provided to close the hinged jaw.

A isthe body, onwhich is formed an arm, B, to pass around the dash-railand afford means for securing the socket to the raila set-screw, C,through the arm beinga convenient method of so doing. The lower end ofthe body is formed into a cup-shaped receiver, D, for the butt of thewhip. On the upper end of the body a fixed jaw, E, is formed, and intothe head F a jaw, G, corresponding to the jaw E, is hinged, as at ct,and a spring arranged in the head, as denoted in broken lines, Fig. 2,bearing upon the said jaw Gr so as to hold it in its closed position,but yet allow it to be turned away, as denoted in broken lines.

The meeting surfaces of the two jaws are constructed so as to form arecess, H, and the outer ends or mouths of the jaws inclined inward, asseen in Fig. 2.

To insert the whip, the butt is placed in the socket D, and the stock Lpressed against the jaws, as seen in Fig. 2, until the jaw'G so faropens as'to allow the stock to pass into the recess H.

1 To remove the whip, simply reverse .the operation of insertion.

The recess H should be smaller than the butt of the whip, or so that thestock will come to a bearing in the jaws before the butt will have beenraised from the socket D.

I do not broadly claim a whip-socket, constructed with a cup-shapedreceiver for the butt of the whip, and a clasp to take the stock above,as such, I am aware, is not new.

I am aware of various patents for whip sockets, in which is a cupshapedreceiver for the butt of the whip, and a holding device above as a partof the socket, as in No. 114,845; therefore I claim As an article ofmanufacture, the hereindescribed whip-socket, consisting of the base A,with the socket D at its lower end, the fixed jaw E at its upper end,and securingarm B, cast in one piece, combined with acorrespondingly-hinged jaw, E, and spring to close the said hinged jaw,substantially as specified.

JoHN E. EARLE, CLARA BROUGHTON.

